should i get my girl releasable bindings?

[Mark]

she's new at skiing and she likes it. currently shes using these salomon skiblades i had hangin out (i know) I'd like to get her a new set next season shes just learning now so im wondering if there is an affordable 4x4 releasable binding out there and if so which one you guys would reccomend, i'm thinking of picking her up an older set of line mike nick (whitewith the black stripes and that face on the back with the older red bindings ) ? thanks for any advice you can give.

[Roussel]

spruce risers

[Mark]

cool, do you have a link

[Mark]

how can i change the " junior snowboarder" to say something else

[Greco]

Spruce Risers (http://www.skiboardsonline.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=spruce_riser&Category_Code=bindings)

the junior changes to just skiboarder after 20 posts.

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[vertaqua]

Originally posted by whitedime
she's new at skiing and she likes it. currently shes using these salomon skiblades i had hangin out (i know) I'd like to get her a new set next season shes just learning now so im wondering if there is an affordable 4x4 releasable binding out there and if so which one you guys would reccomend, i'm thinking of picking her up an older set of line mike nick (whitewith the black stripes and that face on the back with the older red bindings ) ? thanks for any advice you can give.

Why do you want to get her releaseable bindings?

[Mark]

so if she falls she doesn't break her leg

[vertaqua]

Your not going to break your leg with non-releaseable bindings. The reason is that when you fall with skiboards and you roll the boards roll with you unlike with traditonal skis where the skis would stay put if you didn't release and your body would keep going. Also if youhave non releaseable bindings it makes it easier to recover from a fall then if you have to gather up your equipment click back into your bindings etc. I ski on Groove BGPros and I've never gotten hurt from any type of fall, except for my ego that is.

[Mark]

good to know, thanks

[amy-k-omatic]

Originally posted by vertaqua
Your not going to break your leg with non-releaseable bindings. The reason is that when you fall with skiboards and you roll the boards roll with you unlike with traditonal skis where the skis would stay put if you didn't release and your body would keep going. Also if youhave non releaseable bindings it makes it easier to recover from a fall then if you have to gather up your equipment click back into your bindings etc. I ski on Groove BGPros and I've never gotten hurt from any type of fall, except for my ego that is.

Well, up until this past Sunday (1-22-2006) I would have agreed with vertaqua. However, on Sunday I fell when I caught my edge on some chunky ice up at Mt. Snow Vermont (I was using my 90cm SnowJams with SJ extreme II non-releasable bindings, and I am about 5'4", 170lbs).

During the fall, I sustained a twisting injury to my left leg, leaving me with two breaks in my ankle (malliolus fracture and another one that I didn't catch the name of) and a break in my fibula (smaller bone in the lower leg.)

I am currently in a hard boot, and I have a surgical consult tomorrow morning. I will likely need 2 screws to repair my ankle, possibly a plate to repair my fibula, and I am looking at about 3 months before I will be able to bear weight on my leg. The ironic part is that I was seriously considering buying Spruce releaseable bindings before the accident. But, I have been using non-release bindings since I started last season, had already spent about 8 days skiboarding this season, and had survived many falls unscathed, so I wasn't in any rush to upgrade...

If you can afford it, I would really recommend releaseable bindings. Like me, your girl might survive many falls on non-release bindings.... but all it takes is one bad fall to end her boarding for the season and set her up for a world of hurt!

[Mark]

wow on 90s that happened? ipes.

[Tiffy]

Yeah get the spruce risers but i would bo for the breaks and not the leashes, i had a bit of a fall and the binding released well but the board came back and whacked me on the shin and left a bit of a gash in my leg.

[amy-k-omatic]

yeah, it happened on 90s... I was kind of surprised myself, but I was going kind of fast, which probably played a role... I think I must have landed on the tail or tip of the left blade, so there was just enough force to twist my ankle enough to break it.

I agree about the breaks vs leashes. I'm planning on getting breaks, mostly because leashes are such a pain.

[Mark]

what are brakes those little tabs that point down when you take the boot out? i hate leashes.

[MikeMtn]

Originally posted by whitedime
what are brakes those little tabs that point down when you take the boot out? i hate leashes.

Unfortunately brakes don't fit the snowjam 90

[Mark]

Originally posted by MikeMtn
Unfortunately brakes don't fit the snowjam 90

what you talkin bout willis

[MikeMtn]

Originally posted by whitedime
what you talkin bout willis

Snowjam 90TT is too wide, unless you get a specialized brake piece. I don't wear brakes with mine, I just put the leash on, and yes, sometimes you get whacked. But here is another thing. If you lose your board in heavy pow, you'll never find it, unless you have a leash on.

[Nic61]

I will likely need 2 screws to repair my ankle, possibly a plate to repair my fibula, and I am looking at about 3 months before I will be able to bear weight on my leg.

Ouch,... I feel with you mate, I broke my fibula last summer - 7 screws and a metal plate as a result.
I was able to put weight on straight away, as the plate and screws held the bones in place, but it still took quite a while to be able to walk normally. I had my crutches for about 5 or 6 weeks, before I was able to walk without them.

So all the best to you!

[vertaqua]

If your skiing in deep powder with relaeseable bindings you can get these powder ribbons. There 2-3 feet long and made in neon colors and you basically tie them to your bindings and stuff them in your boot. If and when the bindings release then the ribbon will deploy and you'll have a much easier time of finding your buried skiboard. Or just take your chances with nonreleasable bindings. It sucks that amy's season got ruined due to an injury but I still stand by my bomber elites. I've fallen many times and never hurt myself with them(knock on wood), I think you'll find these kind of injuries are possible but rare.

[amy-k-omatic]

I've been thinking about my post, and I think I may have blamed too much of my injury on the bindings (it has been suggested to me that non-releasables could be loosened, and I probably should have sharpened my edges.) Still, the type of injury I sustained might not have happened with releasable bindings. I guess its just a safety measure, like a helmet (although a head injury would be much worse than a spiral fracture, in my book!)

[vertaqua]

Non releaseable bindings are just that, you don't want them to release accidentaly. I keep my bindings pretty tight so they don't release in the middle of a run. Whether your edges were sharp enough is entirely up to what type of terrain you ussually ski. I hardly ever sharpen my edges because I ski a lot of powder.